Transparent Style That's Sheer Daring

By

Christina Binkley

Updated Jan. 16, 2013 7:12 p.m. ET

The trend is clear: Spring fashions will soon fill stores with the sheerest of clothing.

Stella McCartney has see-through slacks and dresses. Valentino made transparent shoes and put studs on transparent clutches. Akris's Albert Kriemler sent so many fully exposed models down his spring runway in Paris that some toughened fashion editors...